#saints

Christ bears with the saints' imperfections; well may the saints one with another. ↗

— William Gurnall

#bears #christ #imperfections #may #saints

It is my meditation all the day, and more than my meat and drink, to know how I shall make the Saints of God comprehend the visions that roll like an overflowing surge before my mind. ↗

— Joseph Smith, Jr.

#comprehend #day #drink #god #how

I'd rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints - the sinners are much more fun. ↗

— Billy Joel

#fun #i #laugh #more #much

Must not I then entertain the saints because I must keep my conscience. ↗

— Anne Hutchinson

#conscience #entertain #i #keep #must

The difference between saints, forget-me-nots, and mountains, have to, have to, have to at a time. ↗

— Gertrude Stein

#difference #mountains #saints #time

the most improper job of any man, even saints (who at any rate were at least unwilling to take it on), is bossing other men. Not one in a million is fit for it, and least of all those who seek the opportunity. ↗

— J.R.R. Tolkien

#politics #saints #leadership

...the dead have a way of becoming saints in the eyes of their survivors... ↗

— Rachel Vincent

#death #saints #death

[Saint Anthony] said, in his solitude, he sometimes encountered devils who looked like angels, and other times he found angels who looked like devils. When asked how he could tell the difference, the saint said that you can only tell which is which by the way you feel after the creature has left your company. ↗

— Elizabeth Gilbert

#devils #religion #saints #love

Just as the sun shines on all the trees and flowers as if each were the only one on earth, so does God care for all souls in a special manner. ↗

— St. Therese of Lisieux

#love

An I mo chridhe, I mo ghraidh. - In Iona that is my heart's desire, Iona that is my love. ↗

— Saint Columba

#heart #iona #saints #scotland #love